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Kristine Landon-Smith
Kristine Landon-Smith (born 1958) is a British actor, director and artistic director of mixed Australian and Indian parentage. Together with Sudha Bhuchar, she founded the Tamasha Theatre Company in 1989. Life Born in London, Landon-Smith grew up in Sydney, Australia. In 1978 she returned to the UK to train at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and worked as an actress. In 1985 she co-founded the Inner Circle Theatre Company, producing and acting in a production of Frank Wedekind's '' Spring Awakening'' at the Young Vic studio. In 1989, on placement as a director-teacher at the National School of Drama, Delhi, she adapted and directed a student production of Mulk Raj Anand's novel '' Untouchable''. On returning to the UK, she cofounded the Tamasha Theatre Company with her friend Sudha Bhuchar, and the company opened with a Hindi-English production of the play. She has continued to direct Tamasha's plays, and several radio plays. ''Women of the Dust'' won the Race in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudha Bhuchar
Sudha Bhuchar (born ) is a Tanzanian-born British Asian actor, playwright, and co-founder of the Tamasha Theatre Company. She is best known for Tamasha's ''Balti Kings'' (1999), ''A Fine Balance'' (2005), ''The Trouble with Asian Men'' (2005), and ''My Name Is...'' (2014) as well as numerous screenplays for television and film. Bhuchar's playwriting and producing work focuses on the stories of British Asians with the goal of attracting culturally and ethnically diverse audiences. She has been called "one of Britain's most successful artistic theatre directors and well-established actors" by ''Asian Culture Vulture'' online magazine. Early life and education Bhuchar was born in Tanga, Tanzania, to Indian parents. She identifies as British Asian and spent her childhood traveling back and forth between East Africa and India. When Bhuchar was 11 years old, the family moved to England, living in King's Lynn in Norfolk for a year and then moving to London, where she went to school in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |